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BEAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Informal terms for a human head
Synonyms:
attic; bean; bonce; dome; noggin; noodle
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bean" is a kind of...):
human head (the head of a human being)
Derivation:
bean (hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
Synonyms:
bean; edible bean
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("bean" is a kind of...):
legume (the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bean"):
goa bean (Old World tropical bean)
golden gram; green bean; green gram; green soy; mash bean; monggo; moong; mung; mung bean; munggo (seed of the mung bean plant used for food)
common bean (any of numerous beans eaten either fresh or dried)
soy; soya; soya bean; soybean (the most highly proteinaceous vegetable known; the fruit of the soybean plant is used in a variety of foods and as fodder (especially as a replacement for animal protein))
Holonyms ("bean" is a part of...):
bean; bean plant (any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods
Synonyms:
bean; bean plant
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bean" is a kind of...):
legume; leguminous plant (an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae)
Meronyms (parts of "bean"):
bean; edible bean (any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bean"):
shell bean; shell bean plant (a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod)
pole bean (a climbing bean plant that will climb a wall or tree or trellis)
bush bean (a bean plant whose bushy growth needs no supports)
Holonyms ("bean" is a member of...):
Fabaceae; family Fabaceae; family Leguminosae; legume family; Leguminosae; pea family (a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("bean" is a kind of...):
seed (a small hard fruit)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bean"):
coumara nut; tonka bean (fragrant black nutlike seeds of the tonka bean tree; used in perfumes and medicines and as a substitute for vanilla)
algarobilla; algarroba; algarrobilla (mesquite pod used in tanning and dyeing)
calabar bean; ordeal bean (dark brown highly poisonous seed of the calabar-bean vine; source of physostigmine and used in native witchcraft)
divi-divi (twisted seed pods of the divi-divi tree; source of tannin)
algarroba; algarroba bean; carob; carob bean; locust bean; locust pod (long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute)
soy; soya bean; soybean (a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food)
broad bean; fava bean; horsebean (seed of the broad-bean plant)
golden gram; green bean; green gram; green soy; mash bean; monggo; moong; mung; mung bean; munggo (seed of the mung bean plant; used for food)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "bean" is one way to...):
hit (deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
bean (informal terms for a human head)
beaner (a baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head)
Context examples:
We get proteins in our diet from meat, dairy products, nuts and certain grains and beans.
(Dietary Proteins, NIH)
Hemolytic anemia due to the ingestion of fava beans or after inhalation of pollen from the Vicia fava plant by persons with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficient erythrocytes.
(Favism, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
It is found in whole-grain breads and cereals, liver, green vegetables, orange juice, lentils, beans, and yeast.
(Folate, NCI Dictionary)
Foods with folic acid in them include: • Leafy green vegetables • Fruits • Dried beans, peas, and nuts • Enriched breads, cereals and other grain products
(Folic Acid, NIH: National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements)
This agent can be extracted from castor beans.
(Di-dgA-RFB4 Immunotoxin, NCI Thesaurus)
A mannose-binding lectin originally isolated from jack-bean, Canavalia ensiformis.
(Concanavalin A, NCI Thesaurus)
The plant seeds of several genera of the family Fabaceae (formerly Leguminosae) used for human food or animal feed, including the genus Phaseolus (common bean and runner bean), and Vigna.
(Bean, NCI Thesaurus)
A substance found in the leaves and beans of the coffee tree, in tea, yerba mate, guarana berries, and in small amounts in cocoa.
(Caffeine, NCI Dictionary)
A vegetable oil pressed from the seeds of the castor bean, Ricinus communis.
(Castor Oil, NCI Thesaurus)
The beetles, which are known to infest all kinds of seeds and beans, spoiled most of the seeds left exposed on the forest floor.
(Thai Elephants Help Spread Jungle Fruit's Seeds, Sadie Witkowski/VOA)
